$http post in Angular.js - angularjs

Question

I've just started learning Angular.js. How do I re-write the following code in Angular.js?
var postData = "<RequestInfo> "
+ "<Event>GetPersons</Event> "
+ "</RequestInfo>";
var req = new XMLHttpRequest();
req.onreadystatechange = function () {
if (req.readyState == 4 || req.readyState == "complete") {
if (req.status == 200) {
console.log(req.responseText);
}
}
};
try {
req.open('POST', 'http://samedomain.com/GetPersons', false);
req.send(postData);
}
catch (e) {
console.log(e);
}
Here's what I have so far -
function TestController($scope) {
$scope.persons = $http({
url: 'http://samedomain.com/GetPersons',
method: "POST",
data: postData,
headers: {'Content-Type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded'}
}).success(function (data, status, headers, config) {
$scope.data = data; // how do pass this to $scope.persons?
}).error(function (data, status, headers, config) {
$scope.status = status;
});
}
html
<div ng-controller="TestController">
<li ng-repeat="person in persons">{{person.name}}</li>
</div>
Am I in the right direction?

Answer 1

In your current function if you are assigning $scope.persons to $http which is a promise object as $http returns a promise object.
So instead of assigning scope.persons to $http you should assign $scope.persons inside the success of $http as mentioned below:
function TestController($scope, $http) {
$http({
url: 'http://samedomain.com/GetPersons',
method: "POST",
data: postData,
headers: {'Content-Type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded'}
}).success(function (data, status, headers, config) {
$scope.persons = data; // assign $scope.persons here as promise is resolved here
}).error(function (data, status, headers, config) {
$scope.status = status;
});
}

Answer 2

Here is a variation of the solution given by Ajay beni. Using the method then allows to chain multiple promises, since the then returns a new promise.
function TestController($scope) {
$http({
url: 'http://samedomain.com/GetPersons',
method: "POST",
data: postData,
headers: {'Content-Type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded'}
})
.then(function(response) {
// success
},
function(response) { // optional
// failed
}
);
}

Answer 3

use $http:
AngularJS: API: $http
$http.post(url, data, [config]);
Implementation example:
$http.post('http://service.provider.com/api/endpoint', {
Description: 'Test Object',
TestType: 'PostTest'
}, {
headers {
'Authorization': 'Basic d2VudHdvcnRobWFuOkNoYW5nZV9tZQ==',
'Accept': 'application/json;odata=verbose'
}
}
).then(function (result) {
console.log('Success');
console.log(result);
}, function(error) {
console.log('Error:');
console.log(error);
});
Lets break this down: Url is a little obvious, so we skip that...
data: This is the body content of your postman request
{
Description: 'Test Object',
TestType: 'PostTest'
}
config: This is where we can inject headers, event handlers, caching... see AngularJS: API: $http: scroll down to config Headers are the most common postman variant of http that people struggle to replicate in angularJS
{
headers {
'Authorization': 'Basic d2VudHdvcnRobWFuOkNoYW5nZV9tZQ==',
'Accept': 'application/json;odata=verbose'
}
}
Response: the $http actions return an angular promise, I recommend using .then(successFunction, errorFunction) to process that promise see AngularJS: The Deferred API (Promises)
.then(function (result) {
console.log('Success');
console.log(result);
}, function(error) {
console.log('Error:');
console.log(error);
});